The world’s climate is continuing to change at rates that are projected to be unprecedented in recent human history. Some models are now indicating that the temperature increases to 2100 may be larger than previously estimated in 2001. The impacts of climate change are likely to be considerable i...
Thornton, Philip K.
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Jones, Peter G.
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Owiyo, T.
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Kruska, R.L.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Bekele, N.
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Omolo, Abisalom
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[Mapping climate vulnerability and poverty in Africa]
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Mapping climate vulnerability and poverty in Africa
Climate change will have severe impacts in many parts of the tropics and subtropics. Despite the importance of livestock to poor people and the magnitude of the changes that are likely to befall livestock systems, the intersection of climate change and livestock is a relatively neglected research...
Thornton, Philip K.
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Steeg, Jeannette van de
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Herrero, Mario T.
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[The livestock-climate-poverty nexus: A discussion paper on ILRI research in relation to climate change]
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The livestock-climate-poverty nexus: A discussion paper on ILRI research in relation to climate change
Pigs are sensitive to heat stress as they lack functioning sweat glands and have small lungs, which reduce their ability to disseminate heat by panting. Moreover, there is limited attention to impacts of climate change on pigs in Uganda by stakeholders despite the potential vulnerability of pigs ...
Zaake, Paul
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Ndambi, Oghaiki Asaah
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Paul, Birthe K.
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Marshall, Karen
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Ouma, Emily A.
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Dione, Michel M.
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Ouma, George
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[Pig Production in Uganda - Adapting to Climate Change]
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Pig Production in Uganda - Adapting to Climate Change
Zaake, Paul
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Ndambi, Oghaiki Asaah
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Paul, Birthe K.
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Marshall, Karen
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Ouma, Emily A.
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Dione, Michel M.
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Ouma, George
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[Pig production in Uganda - Adapting to climate change]
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Pig production in Uganda - Adapting to climate change
Smallholder farmers (SF) are the biggest food producers in Tanzania (TZ), where hetero- geneous mixed crop-livestock farming systems dominate agriculture (Fig 1). Feed scarcity and quality are major issues facing smallholder dairy farmers in Tanzania.
Climate projections for Tanzania indicate inc...
Mukiri, Jessica
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Prestwidge, Di
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Ash, Andrew J.
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Paul, Birthe
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[Climate change adaptation through planted forages in Southern Highlands, Tanzania]
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Climate change adaptation through planted forages in Southern Highlands, Tanzania
There is a 95% chance that warming will exceed 2°C by the end of the century (Raftery et al. 2017). Global crop productivity is projected to fall by 5-10 % per degree of warming (Challinor et al. 2014), with even greater losses likely for some crops in some areas. The challenge of meeting future ...
Balié, Jean
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Cramer, Laura
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Friedmann, Michael
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Gotor, Elisabetta
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Jones, Christopher S.
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Kozicka, Marta
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Kruseman, Gideon K.
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Place, Frank
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Rebolledo, María Camila
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Wiebe, Keith
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[Exploring opportunities around climate-smart breeding for future food and nutrition security]
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Exploring opportunities around climate-smart breeding for future food and nutrition security
Development of socio-economic scenarios and translating them into suitable storylines and provide an overview of potential data to be used for a quantification of future disease vulnerabilities
Herrero, Mario T.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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[Assessing household level vulnerability to climate change]
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Assessing household level vulnerability to climate change
There is limited attention to impacts of climate change on pigs in Uganda by stakeholders despite the potential vulnerability of pigs to climate change, especially heat stress. Pigs are very sensitive to heat stress as they do not have functioning sweat glands (as other livestock species do) and ...
Zaake P.
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Ouma, G.O.
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Marshall, Karen
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Ndambi, A.
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Paul Birthe K.
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Dione, Michel M.
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[Pig characteristics, bio-physical and management aspects that influence rectal temperature in respect to heat stress]
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Pig characteristics, bio-physical and management aspects that influence rectal temperature in respect to heat stress
Recent studies have projected significant climate change impacts in Africa. In order to understand what this means in terms of human well-being at local level, we need to understand how households can cope and adapt. This need has led many authors to argue for approaches to adaptation that are ba...
Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Karanja, S.N.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Felisberto, M.
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Moyo, Siboniso
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[Derivation of a household-level vulnerability index for empirically testing measures of adaptive capacity and vulnerability]
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Derivation of a household-level vulnerability index for empirically testing measures of adaptive capacity and vulnerability